In Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur area, there is an association named DWS
which stands for Deaf Welfare Society.
It was founded in July 2018.
DWS President is Pankaj Gupta - sign name -
and Sarvat Kamal - sign name - is the General Secretary.
The DWS have carried out many many charitable initiatives.
They taught a group of hearing individuals ISL for two days,
There are many hearing parents who face difficulty communicating with their Deaf children.
DWS have taught these parents ISL.
They even teach ISL in B.Sc hearing colleges.
They even teach ISL to the Deaf Community and promote awareness.
Deaf individuals face many problems such as divorce, acid attacks, unemployment, etc.
DWS has had the experience in helping with such issues.
Have at look the DWS Board members.
When the lockdown was first ordered in India, many hearing individuals were starving and facing many problems..
Many NGOs, by the hearing, were helping the society and the disabled.
When DWS saw hearing people doing this, they thought even Deaf must do the same.
The Board then discussed and the members contributed and handed over the amount to
the DWS Treasurer Abhishek Gupta - sign name -
and Vikas Gupta - sign name - an executive member.
Both of them planned and purchased
rice biryani, 150 water bottles. These were packaged in boxes and distributed to hearing poor people.
Have a look.
DWS was very happy to have helped during Lockdown 1.0.
However, they saw that NGOs continued to help those suffering in Lockdown 2.0.
This is why the DWS board members decided to contribute again for Lockdown 2.0.
The Board members contacted their friends for funds.
Pankaj Gupta contacted his Deaf classmates in Varanasi for funds.
They even collected funds from many members and non-members in Gorakhpur.
The funds were handed over to Abhishek Gupta who purchased items like
rice, dal, oil, salt, etc.
These were made into 100 packages and even biscuits were included for children.
3 individuals helped plan the initiative.
Abhishek Gupta, Vikas Gupta and another executive member Amit Gupta.
The President and the General Secretary decided to distribute the packages as people were suffering due to the lockdown 2.0.
Sarvat Kamal agreed and broadcasted a video.
But no Deaf person responded for the food packages.
Even after broadcasting another video no one responded.
3 videos were broadcasted but there was no response.
Since the 100 food packages would go waste, they distributed it to hearing poor people.
The 3 Deaf individuals as stated before, helped to distribute the packages to the hearing poor people.
Luckily they found 1 Deaf person and handed over the package.
DWS even distributed biscuits to the happy children.
Have a look at some images and videos.
DWS charitable initiative images during the lockdown had gone viral on Facebook.
Some Deaf individuals who were struggling, contacted DWS for help.
When DWS saw that there were 4 Deaf individuals who were suffering.
The President and the General Secretary discussed and agreed to support 4 Deaf individuals.
As well as 16 other Deaf people. In all they helped 20 Deaf individuals.
Since Eid was drawing near in May, Sarvat Kamal proposed
to include maggi noodles and cash.
The President agreed with the idea and began planning.
They purchased items such as oil, rice, dal, masala,etc.
A total of 12kg items were distributed in 20 packages.
But they didn't know where to distribute them.
Sumer Prasad is a Deaf auto driver and a member of DWS.
When he agreed to help, the President and GS travelled in his auto to distribute food in different places.
They distribute the packages along with Sarvat's maggi noodles and cash. They were very happy.
Sarvat was very happy to distribute food, for the upcoming Eid festival.
During lockdown 1 and 2, they distributed food to hearing people,
They were proud to distribute food to the Deaf in lockdown 4.0
Have a look at some pictures and video clips.